Song Lingling

Song Lingling (born 17 January 1996) is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer competing in the S6 class. She has won two silver and a gold paralympic medal.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Song.
Song Lingling
Song at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1996-01-17) 17 January 1996
China
Sport
SportParalympic swimming
Disability classS6
Event(s)Freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, medley[1]
Medal record
Swimming
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m backstroke S6
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 100 m breaststroke SB5
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m backstroke S6
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200m Individual Medley - SM6
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 400 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m breaststroke SB5
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points
IPC Swimming World Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 Eindhoven 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points
Gold medal – first place2017 Mexico City 400 freestyle - S6
Gold medal – first place2017 Mexico City 100m Backstroke - S6
Gold medal – first place2017 Mexico City 100m Breaststroke - SB5
Gold medal – first place2017 Mexico City 200m Individual Medley - SM6
Gold medal – first place2017 Mexico City 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points
Gold medal – first place2019 London 4x50 m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points
Silver medal – second place2010 Eindhoven 400 freestyle - S6
Silver medal – second place2019 London Women's 100m Backstroke - S6
Bronze medal – third place2010 Eindhoven 100m Freestyle - S6
Bronze medal – third place2019 London 200m Individual Medley - SM6 - S6
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 400m Freestyle - S7
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 100 Backstroke - S8
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 100m Breaststroke - SB6
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 50m Freestyle - S6
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 100m Freestyle - S6

Life

Song was born in 1996 and she lost the use of her legs due to polio.[2] She took up swimming in Shenyang in 2009 and her club coach was Li Jianhui. Her swimming hero was Ning Zetao. In 2010 at the IPC Swimming World Championships at Eindhoven in the Netherlands she gained a silver and a bronze medal swimming freestyle and a gold medal in the 4x50m medley. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London she won a silver medal in the SB5 100 m backstroke (S6).[3]

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio she won a gold medal in the 100m backstroke (S6). Her team mate Lu Dong took the silver.[4] In the 200 metres she took another silver medal after being beaten by Ellie Simmonds of Great Britain.

Song was at the World Para Swimming Allianz Championships in 2019 in London. She was the world record holder and she competed in the 100m backstroke S6 and took silver to the gold gained by Verena Schott of Germany.[5]

In 2020 she was at the Paralympic games in Tokyo where she competed in freestyle and breaststroke. She made the finals at several events but did not finish with a medal.[3]

Honours

The world's largest trade union, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, gave her the National May 1st Labour Medal.[3]

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Song Lingling.
  1. Song Lingling, Rio2016, Retrieved 9 September 2016
  2. China's Song grabs 100m backstroke S6 gold in Rio, 9 September 2016, Xinhuanet.com, Retrieved 12 September 2016
  3. "Lingling Song - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  4. Paralympics 2016: Storey clinches 12th gold as Dias thrills Rio crowd – as it happened, The Guardian, Retrieved 9 September 2016
  5. "London 2019: Alice Tai's fourth gold ends Long unbeaten run". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
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